The Washington Post, June 19th, 2002
IN ATLANTA Monday, President Bush spoke of a "homeownership gap"; he spotlighted his administration's plans for lowering the barriers to African American and Hispanic homeownership. This is a worthy effort, first laid out in the budget he submitted to Congress back in February. It aims to provide help with down payments for 40,000 buyers each year, spur construction of 200,000 affordable homes over the next five years and encourage the private sector to reach out to minorities, with a goal of boosting the number of minority homeowners by 5.5 million by the end of the decade. It's all part, Mr....
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